Curator/Researcher Yasushi Mori (Ph.D) Petrologist Education B.S., Department of Geology, Kyushu University (1994) M.S., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University, (1996) Ph.D., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University, (1999) Research interests Metamorphic petrology, Subduction zone, Fluid flow, Mass transfer, Metasomatism, Jadeitite, Ultramafic melange, Nagasaki metamorphic rocks (Kyushu, Japan) Current research focuses Fluid flow, mass transfer and metasomatism in serpentinite melanges Petrogenesis of jadeitite and related rocks Geology and petrology of the Nagasaki metamorphic rocks Publications Mori, Y., Orihashi, Y., Miyamoto, T., Shimada, K., Shigeno, M., Nishiyama, T. (2011) Origin of zircon in jadeitite from the Nishisonogi metamorphic rocks, Kyushu, Japan. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, doi:10.1111/j.1525-1314.2011.00935.x. Miyoshi, M., Shimono, M., Hasenaka, T., Sano, T.,Mori, Y., Fukuoka, T. (2010) Boron systematics of Hisatsu and Kirishima basaltic rocks from southern Kyushu, Japan. Geochemical Journal, 44, 359-369. Miyazoe, T., Nishiyama, T., Ueda, K., Miyazaki, K., Mori, Y. (2009) Coexistence of three pyroxenes (jadeite �} omphacite �} a diopside/hedenbergite) in a metasomatized basic rock from a serpentinite melange in the Kurosegawa Tectonic Zone at Itsuki Village, central Kyushu, Japan. American Mineralogist, 94, 34-40. Miyoshi, M., Nasu, T., Tajima, T., Kido, M., Mori, Y., Hasenaka, T., Shibuya, H., Nagao, K. (2008) K-Ar ages of high-magnesian andesite lavas from northern Kyushu, Japan. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 103, 183-191. Miyoshi, M., Hasenaka, T., Mori, Y. (2007) Origin of compositional heterogeneity within Tochinoki andesitic lava flow from the western part of Aso caldera. Japanese Magazine of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 36, 15-29. Mori, Y., Nishiyama, T., Yanagi, T. (2007) Chemical mass balance in a reaction zone between serpentinite and metapelites in the Nishisonogi metamorphic rocks, Kyushu, Japan: implications for devolatilization. Island Arc, 16, 28-39. Mori, Y. (2007) X-ray fluorescence analysis of major and trace elements in carbonate rocks using glass bead samples. Bulletin of Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Ser. A, 5, 1-12. Fukuyama, M., Nishiyama, T., Urata, K., Mori, Y. (2006) Steady-diffusion modeling of a reaction zone between a metamorphosed basic dyke and a marble from Hirao-dai, Fukuoka, Japan. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 24, 153-168. Shigeno, M., Mori, Y., Nishiyama, T. (2005) Reaction microtextures of jadeitite from the Nishisonogi metamorphic rocks, Kyushu, Japan. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 100, 237-246. Mori, Y., Mashima, H. (2005) X-ray fluorescence analysis of major and trace elements in silicate rocks using 1:5 dilution glass beads. Bulletin of Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Ser. A, 3, 1-12. Mori, Y. (2003) Gradients in fluid composition across vein selvages of the Nishisonogi Metamorphic Rocks, southwest Japan. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement, 67, 304. Mori, Y., Nishiyama, T., Yanagi, T. (2003) Mass transfer and reaction paths in alteration zones around carbonate veins in the Nishisonogi Metamorphic Rocks, southwest Japan. American Mineralogist, 88, 611-623.